Colerne

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Colerne

Total population

4,000

Coordinates51.44°, -2.26°

Demographic figures from UK Office for National Statistics. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Colerne is a village and civil parish in north Wiltshire, England. The village is about 3.5 miles (6 km) west of the town of Corsham and 7 miles (11 km) northeast of the city of Bath. It has an elevated and exposed position, 545 feet (166 m) above sea level, and overlooks the Box valley to the south.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

William Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst

British diplomat (1773-1857)

Michaela Tabb

Scottish Snooker Referee

Gwendolyn Osborne

British model

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Jason Gardener

British Olympic sprinter

Rosalind Scott, Baroness Scott of Needham Market

British Baron (born 1957)

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Benjamin Robins

British engineer

Jacqueline Wilson

English novelist

Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury

English peeress, daughter of George, Duke of Clarence (1473-1541)

Angelica Mandy

British actress

Princess Claire of Belgium

Belgian princess (born 1974)

Scott Sinclair

English association football player (born 1989)

Adelard of Bath

12th-century English natural philosopher

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Michael Spicer, Baron Spicer

British politician (1943-2019)

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Adam Campbell

English actor

John Jewel

English clergyman and bishop (1522-1571)

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Adam Wicheard

English snooker player

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in England

• Calne
  11.1 mi away
• Chew Magna
  15.8 mi away
• Chewton Mendip
  17.6 mi away
• Maiden Bradley
  20.2 mi away
• Backwell
  20.6 mi away
• Stonehouse
  21.3 mi away
• Upavon
  21.9 mi away
• Cricklade
  22.3 mi away
• Wylye
  23.9 mi away
• South Marston
  25.4 mi away
• Alhampton
  25.5 mi away
• Axbridge
  26.2 mi away · pop. 2,057

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Colerne

Life on the hill

Annette Barker · 1990

St. Aldhelm

Forrest Browne · 1903

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Gray Partridge

Perdix perdix

Seen 2026-09-17

Himalayan balsam

Impatiens glandulifera

Seen 2026-09-17

European black elderberry

Sambucus nigra

Seen 2026-09-17

Bluecrown passionflower

Passiflora caerulea

Seen 2026-09-17

Ivy-leaved cyclamen

Cyclamen hederifolium

Seen 2026-09-17

common hawthorn

Crataegus monogyna

Seen 2026-09-17

European Hart's-tongue Fern

Asplenium scolopendrium scolopendrium

Seen 2026-09-17

Smooth Spangle Gall Wasp

Neuroterus albipes

Seen 2026-09-17

nipplewort

Lapsana communis

Seen 2026-09-17

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Official Identifiers